On my computer, WoW runs better under Wine in Linux than on Windows XP. Faster load times and such. Not saying that's the case for everyone, but I have heard quite a few others say the same.
That reminds me of how whenever Rockstar releases a new GTA game, they ALWAYS say "no PC version planned," and lo' and behold what shows up a few months later. I never understood why they didn't just say "later."
I used to think I had bad night vision until I realized that it's not the darkness that makes it hard to see while driving, it's all the glare. It practically blinds me. It does limit what driving I do at night.
Kudos to you for pointing out the flaw in that analogy. I, and no doubt many others, recognized it immediately and rolled my eyes. To be honest I'm surprised that nobody modded you down for it. It's not as if I'm an RIAA advocate, I despise the organization as much as the next slashdotter. However, when people share their files on P2P networks such as Kazaa, they either do so knowingly of the consequences or in ignorance. I think most people know that ignorance is not a defense that works in the legal system. Furthermore, I am of the opinion that people know in some way that sharing music is not exactly on the right side of the law. We live in a society that is pretty much run by capitalism and very little is free. "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is" comes to mind. I don't see any reason free music should be considered exempt from that age-old analogy.
I for one don't think this has set a bad precedence, just an obvious one.
Perhaps slightly off topic, but I realize now that I'm always compelled to read stories with Linus' name because I'm a fan (not fanboy) and user of Linux. However, the man never seems to have anything positive to say. Really, is his opinion all that relevant anymore? Of course he will always be somewhat relevant due to the fact he is pretty much in charge of the kernel and contributes heavily to it, not to mention the trademark holder of Linux, but in the end he really has to answer to the community. He has to know he can't ever bite the hand that feeds him or people will go other directions.
I'm not trying to troll or insight a flame war, I'm just saying his curmudgeonly ways are getting a bit old already. At some point I imagine him being viewed as the Dvorak of Linux. Anyway, I'll understand if I get modded down, I just wanted to put my opinion in even if it's not worth much.
I understand why you posted anonymously. Your arguement is so flimsy that I need only point out one part of your post to show how you contradict yourself.... short-sightedness...
What do people normally do when their OSes are no longer going to be officially supported? They switch. All of the other reasons for staying with it are irrelevant. Obsolete OSes are not a good idea, especially not from a security standpoint. I doubt there are many that would argue with that assessment.
Yes, the commercial is quite real. I wasn't really paying attention but I heard "net neutrality" and it grabbed my attention very quickly. Unfortunately I only caught the very end of the commercial and wasn't able to tell if it was in favor or against. I did however see that it was "sponsored by" the National Cable & Telecommunications Association.
There are several reasons why I refuse to use their products. For one, I just don't like a company that relies more on marketing than actually having a superior product. I think their marketing is intended to promote ignorance, like AOL's "make the internet better" bullshit. Another reason, same as BCW2 gave, I don't like their pricing. It's way too high for what you get. Then of course theres the part where I like to root for the underdog when I think they are deserving of more success. AMD has relied far more on the quality of their products than on marketing, and that makes them deserving if you ask me. I have NEVER seen an AMD commercial, and I very scarcely see any other kinds of ads from them.
How exactly are they screwing over the average guy? Granted I dislike Intel greatly and refuse to use their products, but I don't see how its screwing anyone over. I don't like the partnership either, but unforunately theres not a damn thing anyone can do about it except hope the Intel version of nForce flops.
I havn't had a full system crash in WinXP in well over two years, at least. I literally can't remember the last time it happened, and I leave my computer on 24/7/365. I'm definitely no MS fan, in fact its fair to say I hate them, but I find WinXP to be very stable overall. Just so happens right now my uptime is 5 weeks, 5 days. So I'd have to agree that its probably mostly user error that contributes to the higher failure rates. Still, I find it annoying how often one has to reboot for settings to take effect in Windows. If not for that, and weather withstanding, I could probably maintain many months of uptime.
America's Army is not very realistic. Though that seems to be the premise of the game and an excuse the developers give for not adding features or current features. I do enjoy it, since I was an avid player until recently (I'm on a little break from it), but it just doesn't reflect real life. These 30% that have a better view of the army are probably naive little kids who had no other view of the army other than what they've seen on TV and in movies. I won't presume to know what the army is like, but I'm realistic enough to know it would be a lot harder than this game - especially the training vs the game's training. I know what the Army's intentions are with the game, but it has always been nothing more than a free game to me. In fact I didn't even like it until version 2.0 when they added Special Forces (I tried it every new version to see if I liked it). It was way too slow paced for a (now former for quite some time) CS player.
I would so mod you up if I could. I believe most of what you have to say is quite true if Linux stays on the current path. Things can always change, but they sure don't like they are going to. The elitist thing is so true and is what pisses me off most about the Linux community. They want to be real competition for Windows, but then they want to be elitist too. You can't have both, so pick one or go compile something and shut the hell up.
After owning a Pentium and an AMD, I'd say for high end processing, Pentium takes the cake. I've also found that AMD procs crash more.
Please come back to the 21st century. I havn't used an Intel processor in ages, and I'm guessing you havn't used an AMD processor in ages, but as much as I hate Intel, I would never compare a processor that I use now with one I used years ago. Both lines have greatly matured, and so have the operating systems.
I actually just did a fresh WinXP install on my other box yesterday. It uses less than 2.5GB with all necessary updates installed (less Media Player 9, don't need it on that box).
Finally someone that understands. The people that modded me as flaimbait probably havn't even played CS. You are completely right, though. I used to LOVE CS, the gameplay never drove me away, it was the stupid ass community. Even though I didn't like a lot of the 1.6 changes, I still liked the game overall. The straw that broke the camel's back for me, when I gave up on CS and the HL community for good, was when I was reading at CS-Nation and they had a post about CS training. WTF? Here, I even still have a quote from a forum post I made about it at the time:
The E-Sports Entertainment Association has added a new Counter-Strike instructor to their company....
The ESEA specializes in giving CS lessons for a marginal fee. All of the instructors are professional gamers so they know what they're doing. Head on over to their site to find out how you too can be cal-i.
This kind of stupidity, and I get modded down for speaking out about it? What a joke.
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I like it. Anyone know where it's from?
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On my computer, WoW runs better under Wine in Linux than on Windows XP. Faster load times and such. Not saying that's the case for everyone, but I have heard quite a few others say the same.
That reminds me of how whenever Rockstar releases a new GTA game, they ALWAYS say "no PC version planned," and lo' and behold what shows up a few months later. I never understood why they didn't just say "later."
I used to think I had bad night vision until I realized that it's not the darkness that makes it hard to see while driving, it's all the glare. It practically blinds me. It does limit what driving I do at night.
Blizzard does the same thing in World of Warcraft. No trademarks as names.
As others have suggested, we should bash Microsoft for what they deserve to be bashed for, not stupid shit like this.
Kudos to you for pointing out the flaw in that analogy. I, and no doubt many others, recognized it immediately and rolled my eyes. To be honest I'm surprised that nobody modded you down for it. It's not as if I'm an RIAA advocate, I despise the organization as much as the next slashdotter. However, when people share their files on P2P networks such as Kazaa, they either do so knowingly of the consequences or in ignorance. I think most people know that ignorance is not a defense that works in the legal system. Furthermore, I am of the opinion that people know in some way that sharing music is not exactly on the right side of the law. We live in a society that is pretty much run by capitalism and very little is free. "If it seems too good to be true, it probably is" comes to mind. I don't see any reason free music should be considered exempt from that age-old analogy.
I for one don't think this has set a bad precedence, just an obvious one.
Perhaps slightly off topic, but I realize now that I'm always compelled to read stories with Linus' name because I'm a fan (not fanboy) and user of Linux. However, the man never seems to have anything positive to say. Really, is his opinion all that relevant anymore? Of course he will always be somewhat relevant due to the fact he is pretty much in charge of the kernel and contributes heavily to it, not to mention the trademark holder of Linux, but in the end he really has to answer to the community. He has to know he can't ever bite the hand that feeds him or people will go other directions.
I'm not trying to troll or insight a flame war, I'm just saying his curmudgeonly ways are getting a bit old already. At some point I imagine him being viewed as the Dvorak of Linux. Anyway, I'll understand if I get modded down, I just wanted to put my opinion in even if it's not worth much.
I understand why you posted anonymously. Your arguement is so flimsy that I need only point out one part of your post to show how you contradict yourself. ... short-sightedness ...
What do people normally do when their OSes are no longer going to be officially supported? They switch. All of the other reasons for staying with it are irrelevant. Obsolete OSes are not a good idea, especially not from a security standpoint. I doubt there are many that would argue with that assessment.
Who cares? If anyone is stupid enough to still be using their OS, they deserve whatever comes to them.
Yes, the commercial is quite real. I wasn't really paying attention but I heard "net neutrality" and it grabbed my attention very quickly. Unfortunately I only caught the very end of the commercial and wasn't able to tell if it was in favor or against. I did however see that it was "sponsored by" the National Cable & Telecommunications Association.
Computer Games Magazine reviewed this in the July issue (current issue).
There are several reasons why I refuse to use their products. For one, I just don't like a company that relies more on marketing than actually having a superior product. I think their marketing is intended to promote ignorance, like AOL's "make the internet better" bullshit. Another reason, same as BCW2 gave, I don't like their pricing. It's way too high for what you get. Then of course theres the part where I like to root for the underdog when I think they are deserving of more success. AMD has relied far more on the quality of their products than on marketing, and that makes them deserving if you ask me. I have NEVER seen an AMD commercial, and I very scarcely see any other kinds of ads from them.
How exactly are they screwing over the average guy? Granted I dislike Intel greatly and refuse to use their products, but I don't see how its screwing anyone over. I don't like the partnership either, but unforunately theres not a damn thing anyone can do about it except hope the Intel version of nForce flops.
I havn't had a full system crash in WinXP in well over two years, at least. I literally can't remember the last time it happened, and I leave my computer on 24/7/365. I'm definitely no MS fan, in fact its fair to say I hate them, but I find WinXP to be very stable overall. Just so happens right now my uptime is 5 weeks, 5 days. So I'd have to agree that its probably mostly user error that contributes to the higher failure rates. Still, I find it annoying how often one has to reboot for settings to take effect in Windows. If not for that, and weather withstanding, I could probably maintain many months of uptime.
One word: Diablo.
America's Army is not very realistic. Though that seems to be the premise of the game and an excuse the developers give for not adding features or current features. I do enjoy it, since I was an avid player until recently (I'm on a little break from it), but it just doesn't reflect real life. These 30% that have a better view of the army are probably naive little kids who had no other view of the army other than what they've seen on TV and in movies. I won't presume to know what the army is like, but I'm realistic enough to know it would be a lot harder than this game - especially the training vs the game's training. I know what the Army's intentions are with the game, but it has always been nothing more than a free game to me. In fact I didn't even like it until version 2.0 when they added Special Forces (I tried it every new version to see if I liked it). It was way too slow paced for a (now former for quite some time) CS player.
Either you are making a retarded joke, or you are complete fucking moron.
I would so mod you up if I could. I believe most of what you have to say is quite true if Linux stays on the current path. Things can always change, but they sure don't like they are going to. The elitist thing is so true and is what pisses me off most about the Linux community. They want to be real competition for Windows, but then they want to be elitist too. You can't have both, so pick one or go compile something and shut the hell up.
Please come back to the 21st century. I havn't used an Intel processor in ages, and I'm guessing you havn't used an AMD processor in ages, but as much as I hate Intel, I would never compare a processor that I use now with one I used years ago. Both lines have greatly matured, and so have the operating systems.
Yeah its big, but I think its a little under 1GB.
I actually just did a fresh WinXP install on my other box yesterday. It uses less than 2.5GB with all necessary updates installed (less Media Player 9, don't need it on that box).
You mean American idiocy is encouraged in "esports". Anyone that would PAY TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY A GAME is an idiot.
The Koreans have a society of idiocy.
I doubt the people playing those other games are as zealous about the "cyberathlete" bullshit as the CS players / community are.
CS is the biggest FPS because it is pretty much still the best. I won't dispute that, but I can't stand the community enough to return to it.
This kind of stupidity, and I get modded down for speaking out about it? What a joke.